European Commission: Strategy to promote data-driven economy in the EU.

I am pleased to inform you that the European Commission has just adopted its first strategy to promote the data-driven economy in the EU.

This is a response to the European Council’s call, in October 2013, for EU action to provide the right framework conditions for a single market for big data and cloud computing. The Communication describes the features of the data-driven economy, including cloud computing, and sets out operational conclusions to support and accelerate the transition towards it.